Thomas Kufen

Mayor of the City of Essen

A man in a dark suit and tie, against a grey background. He has brown hair and wears a white shirt collar. Portrait of Thomas Kufen.
© Picture: Ralf Schultheiß
  • Year of birth: 1973
  • Place of birth: Essen
  • Nationality: German
  • Member since: 18 October 2021
  • End of term: 2025

Education

  • Apprenticeship as office clerk

Professional career

Since 2018 Member of the Federal Executive Committee of the CDU Deutschlands
Since 2015

Member of the Executive Committee of Deutscher Städtetag NRW,
from 2020 since 2022 Deputy Chairman,
from 2022 since 2024 Chairman,
since May 2022 Deputy Chairman

Since 2015 Member of the Executive Committee of Deutscher Städtetag
Since 2015 Mayor of the City of Essen
2012 - 2015 Member of the North Rhine-Westphalia state parliament;
member of the executive committee of the CDU state parliamentary group and energy policy spokesman of the CDU state parliamentary group 
2010 - 2012 Project Officer of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung e.V. in Berlin
Since 2021 Chairman of the CDU Ruhr
2006 - 2021 Deputy Chairman of the CDU Ruhr
2005 - 2010 Integration Commissioner of the Government of North Rhine-Westphalia
2002 - 2005 Member of the executive committee of the CDU state parliamentary group and spokesperson on migration policy for the CDU state parliamentary group
2000 - 2005 Member of the North Rhine-Westphalia state parliament
2009 - 2015 Chairman of the CDU parliamentary group in the Essen City Council
1999 - 2009 Chairman of the Youth Welfare Committee of the Essen City Council
1999 - 2015 Member of the Essen City Council
1996 - 2002 Chairman of the Junge Union Ruhr
1994 - 1999 Member of the Essen-Borbeck District Council IV; deputy spokesman of the CDU parliamentary group
Since 1989 Member of the CDU Deutschlands
1994 - 2000 Commercial employee of a medium-sized company in Essen

Memberships in other mandatory supervisory boards

  • Stadtwerke Essen AG1 (Chairman)

Memberships in comparable domestic and foreign supervisory committees of commercial enterprises

  • Sparkasse Essen (Chairman of the Advisory Board)
  • RAG Foundation (Member of the Board of Trustees)

Competences

Qualification matrix (PDF)

 

1 Group mandate of the City of Essen